Within a Few Seconds She Heeled Over Until She Had a List of Thirty
Degrees to Post
Viewed from a different angle, it became clear that the Endurance had
little time left, Shackleton and his crew would face their situation and
realise they had no-one to rely on but themselves.

Almost OverwhelmedSeen from behind a pressure ridge.

Attack of the Floes
A sketch describing how the Endurance was assaulted from all sides.

The Driving Floe Moving Laterally Across the Stern Split the Rudder and
Tore out the Rudder Post and the Stern Post

The EndEndurance crushed to death by
the icepacks of the Weddell Sea. The sinking ship, watched by the dogs, 1st November 1915.

A Week LaterThe Endurance is completely destroyed, all that remains is for the ice
to open slightly and allow her to sink into the ocean depths.

The Wreckage Lies Around in Dismal
Confusion Captain Frank
Wild and the Endurance in the Weddell Sea.

The First Attempt to Reach the Land 346 Miles AwayFrom a drawing. The lifeboats were loaded with supplies and equipment
and used as sleds, the Endurance can be seen in the distance

Ocean Camp 15th December 1915

The Lookout at Ocean CampThe Kings flag flying

The Emergency Sledges Being Packed in Case of a Sudden Break up of the
IceSpring was arriving and the ice floes that the crew were camping on
would break up sometime and without warning, the men had to be prepared.

The Sledges Packed and Ready

Relaying the James CairdNamed after one of the sponsors of the expedition, the lifeboat James
Caird was to prove vital in the task of returning the crew of the
Endurance to safety.

"Potash and Perlmutter"The nicknames given to the cook and his assistant, they were almost
permanently black with the soot that came off the seal blubber used to
fuel the cooking stoves.

LonelinessThe camps the crew made were tiny oases in a vast expanse of white
nothingness.

The Kitchen at Patience CampThis camp is where the crew stayed while waiting for the ice they were
camping on to break up and allow them to continue their journey by boat,
in all they stayed here three months - patiently.

The Stove at Patience Camp Constructed out of old Oil DrumsFrank Hurley, left and Ernest Shackleton, right in front of their
tent.

Worsley Taking Observations of the Sun to Determine our PositionThe camps were far from static and drifted as the ice drifted carrying
the crew of the Endurance a considerable part of the way to Elephant
Island.

We Cut Steps in the 25 Foot Slab and it Makes a Fine LookoutAn upended slab of ice pushed by the same forces and pressures that
crushed the Endurance

There Was No Sleep For Us That Night so we Lit the Blubber StoveEscaping the heavy pack ice was hazardous at night, so the boats were
hauled onto ice floes which was safer, though carried the danger of the
floe breaking up in the night.

Hauling up the Boats for the Night

The Reeling BergNot an envious place to be - on an unstable piece of ice, but with too
much ice surrounding to safely launch the boats lest they be crushed or damaged
by the ice around.

Sailing South AgainOut of the close pack at last and able to put up sail to make progress
to Elephant Island